Hello All,

The Annapolis Education Commission, a very effective citizen advocacy group for public schools in the Annapolis Cluster, was reformed at the end of last school year to be a 12-person commission composed members of each of the 8 wards in the city plus 4 "at-large" members.  (side note: it is understood that all interested citizens, card-carrying members or not, will continue to be welcomed and encouraged to attend all AEC meetings even though the official commission needed to be formalized in this way)

HOWEVER, the commission is short on member candidates for City Wards 4, 5, 6 and 8  (see map link on left side, http://www.annapolis.gov/Government/Council.aspx).  If you know of any education-minded citizens of these wards, please forward this email to them to see if they would be willing to serve as their neighborhood's voice for supporting and improving public education in Annapolis.

We are looking for nominees to the City's Education Commission, promptly.  Ms. Hilary Raftovich (HRRaftovich@annapolis.gov) is the contact person for sending a short letter of intent. 

In the past, this commission met once per month for 1.5 hours, usually at 5:30.  Principals from all Annapolis Cluster schools were in attendance for most of the meetings last year.  For more information about the Commission itself, please contact Jeff Macris (past President, jrmacris@hotmail.com).

Thanks,
Deirdre